Queponco
Quenponco station in May 2017
General information
Location2378 Patey Woods Road
Newark, Maryland
United States
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Ironshire
toward Harrington
 Harrington – Franklin City Wesley
toward Franklin City
Queponco railway station
Queponco station is located in Maryland
Queponco station
Queponco station is located in the United States
Queponco station
Location2378 Patey Woods Rd., Newark, Maryland
Coordinates38°15′05″N 75°17′32″W / 38.25147°N 75.29227°W / 38.25147; -75.29227
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
NRHP reference No.95001546[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1996

Queponco is a historic United States railway station located at 8378 Patey Woods Road, Newark, Worcester County, Maryland. Constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Queponco railway station served Snow Hill, Berlin and Newark communities.[2] The station closed in the 1960s.[3]

Queponco was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as the Queponco railway station.[1]

Museum

The Queponco railway station preserves railroad heritage in the area and exhibits vintage railroad memorabilia and equipment.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Paul B. Touart (November 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Queponco Railway Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ^ "Museums of Worcester County - Queponco Railway Station". www.octhebeach.com.
  4. ^ "Queponco Railway Station Worcester County Maryland Museums". worcestermuseums.org.
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External links


U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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